Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Thirdworld (1997)
Quote: A depiction of the landscape, both metaphorically and realistically, of Panyi island. http://nitroflare.com/view/5600227036C2EFF/Apichatpong_Weerasethakul_-_%281997%29_Thirdworld.mkv...
View ArticlePatrick Bokanowski – Patrick Bokanowski Short Films (1972-2008)
Quote: Patrick Bokanowski, the ‘artist-alchemist of celluloid’, employs an extraordinary range of technical invention – combining live-action with optical experiments, drawing, performance, painting,...
View ArticleRaoul Ruiz – Colloque de chiens AKA Dog’s Dialogue (1977)
Synopsis: A charming tale of murder, perversity and narrative echoes told through shots of barking dogs and a La jetée-like series of stills. Review: Dogs’ Dialogue opens to a shot of an abandoned dog...
View ArticlePeter Whitehead – The Fall (1969)
“I ran upstairs to the top floor and took the film out of my cine-camera, put it into a tin and sealed it with tape before dropping it from a window into the bushes below, unseen by the ranks of armed...
View Article? – The Thieving Hand (1908)
THE THIEVING HAND is one of the cleverest combinations of silent comedy and vaudeville-style talent Savant has seen. It’s the simple tale of a magic ‘artificial’ arm that, once in place in a host...
View ArticleJonas Mekas – Diaries Notes and Sketches AKA Walden (1969) (HD)
Quote: Jonas Mekas, the godfather of American “underground” cinema, shot literally miles of impromptu film on a tiny, touch-and-go Bolex camera before assembling his first “diary film” and screening...
View ArticleBen Rivers – The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are...
Shooting against the staggering beauty of the Moroccan landscape, from the rugged terrain of the Atlas Mountains to the stark and surreal emptiness of the desert, with its encroaching sands and...
View ArticleJonas Mekas – Walden – Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969)
Quote: Jonas Mekas, the godfather of American “underground” cinema, shot literally miles of impromptu film on a tiny, touch-and-go Bolex camera before assembling his first “diary film” and screening...
View ArticleJonas Mekas – Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)
Quote: These six reels of my film diaries come from the years 1949-1963. They begin with my arrival in New York in November 1949. The first and second reels deal with my life as a Young Poet and a...
View ArticleJames Benning – 74.78 (2005)
Quote: The 16mm test roll for James Benning’s feature-length film TEN SKIES. 74.78 is part of Mike Plante’s Lunchfilm series of commissioned shorts (made for the cost of a lunch between Plante and...
View ArticleJean-Claude Rousseau – La vallée close AKA The Enclosed Valley (1995)
Quote: My films are like that: in a room, but looking out onto an open sky. I can’t really say it except to repeat that Bresson note, ‘that without a thing changing, everything is different.’ The film...
View ArticleMarcel Hanoun – Le printemps (1971)
One could only enumerate the elements to let the film tell itself. And this is besides one possible purpose of Hanoun here. Just let things communicate between themselves without the coercition of...
View ArticleHans Richter – Dadascope (1961)
Dadascope is a comprehensive portrait of the Dada movement with its specific techniques of sound and visual clash, word puns, chess, dice and other games of chance. Richter stated, “There is no story,...
View ArticleOldrich Lipský – Happy End (1967)
Quote: Delightfully witty and with a Kafkaesque spin, Oldřich Lipský‘s brilliant film Happy End (1967) is a quirky little gem from the archives of cinematic history. Crafted with unrelenting precision...
View ArticleShambhavi Kaul – Night Noon (2014)
Quote: Amidst desert landscapes and splendid ocean views, a dog and a parrot appear. They emphasise the cosmic rhythm of day and night. Amidst desert landscapes and splendid ocean views, a dog and a...
View ArticleRanjan Palit – In Camera (2010)
In this meditative and strident overview of the career of Ranjan Palit, award-winning documentary cameraman, the filmmaker himself shows us the images and questions that have haunted him throughout...
View ArticleJoshua Oppenheimer & Nish Saran – Hugh (1996)
Hugh is the earliest demonstration of Oppenheimer’s key thesis that hate and extremism are not necessarily disruptive forces – they can be thoroughly bedded into society. The titular subject is an...
View ArticleJoshua Oppenheimer – The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1998)
“In Louisiana Purchase I wanted to examine the whole question of historical memory, the making of history…” — Joshua Oppenheimer The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase is an imaginative and...
View ArticleGabriel Abrantes & Ben Rivers – The Hunchback (2016)
In this delirious sci-fi take on the Arabian Nights’ Tale of the Hunchback, Dalaya.com, a mega-corporation reigning over a technological dystopia, forces its employees to “relax” at company-run...
View ArticleRichard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi – Tikkun (Rune 389, Cuneiform Records 2014)...
Richard Pinhas, the founder of 70s progressive legends Heldon, is one of the most uncompromising artists on the international rock scene, having remained constantly innovative and true to his personal...
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